Gareloi 1950
Start: 1950 [1]
Stop: 1951 [2]
Event Type: Explosive
Max VEI: 1 [1]
Description: Jones (1951) reports that minor ash showers and fume emissions occurred during 1951 from Gareloi. Simkin and Siebert (1994) report that this eruption began in 1950 and continued until 1951. Jones (1952) reports that Gareloi was "weakly active during 1950," and "quieter during 1951."
A May 3, 1950 Fairbanks Daily News article suggests that at least some of this activity was not an eruption: "Rear Admiral F.D. Wagner, USN, commander, Alaskan sea frontier, has received information from a naval vessel, the USS Bagaduce, that the volcano on Gareloi island, about 60 miles west of Adakin the Aleutians appears to be active. The Bagaduce sighted large vapor clouds rising to seven thousand feet and drifting southeast at that level."
A May 3, 1950 Fairbanks Daily News article suggests that at least some of this activity was not an eruption: "Rear Admiral F.D. Wagner, USN, commander, Alaskan sea frontier, has received information from a naval vessel, the USS Bagaduce, that the volcano on Gareloi island, about 60 miles west of Adakin the Aleutians appears to be active. The Bagaduce sighted large vapor clouds rising to seven thousand feet and drifting southeast at that level."
References Cited
[1] Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.[2] Aleutian volcanic activity, 1951
Jones, A. E., 1951, Aleutian volcanic activity: The Volcano Letter, v. 514, p. 6.
full-text PDF 288 KB [3] Volcano erupts on Gareloi isle, 1950
Unknown, 1950, Volcano erupts on Gareloi isle: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, May 3, 1950, p. 1.Complete Eruption References
Geologic reconnaissance of Gareloi Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 1959
Coats, R. R., 1959, Geologic reconnaissance of Gareloi Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: in Investigations of Alaskan volcanoes, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-J, p. 249-256, 1 sheet, scale unknown.
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plate 33 PDF 1.4 MB 
Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition], 1994
Simkin, Tom, and Siebert, Lee, 1994, Volcanoes of the world [2nd edition]: Tucson, Arizona, Geoscience Press, 349 p.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC shelf
Aleutian volcanic activity, 1951
Jones, A. E., 1951, Aleutian volcanic activity: The Volcano Letter, v. 514, p. 6.
full-text PDF 288 KB 
Aleutian volcanoes, 1952
Jones, A. E., 1952, Aleutian volcanoes: The Volcano Letter, v. 516, p. 8-9.
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Volcano erupts on Gareloi isle, 1950
Unknown, 1950, Volcano erupts on Gareloi isle: Fairbanks Daily News Miner, May 3, 1950, p. 1.
Hard Copy held by AVO at FBKS - CEC file cabinet
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska, 2008
Coombs, M.L., McGimsey, R.G., and Browne, B.L., 2008, Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Gareloi Volcano, Gareloi Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5159, 29 p., 1 sheet, available at https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5159/.
